Sorry it just seems too often I see people who call themselves heros while committing acts of brutality that are often more excessive in violence than the villains.
I think it's because playing a Superman-esque character is quite boring, since it doesn't entail character development and creative battle scenes. There's only a certain amount of ways to knock someone out without becoming brutal or lethal.
if it's any condolence, i personally think that Gordon is a monster since he could not use his powers, but he still does. Also Gordon himself has enough self-loathing that i may make him jump off the slippery slope into villaindom later.
@Weird Tales Something about him being a straight-up dragon still feels jarring somehow. Plus... well... Malcolm's kind of already playing up the "monster" angle.